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...Association claims beer sales at the pub are at their lowest level since the Great Depression - today British pubs sell 14 million pints per day, half the total dispensed at their peak in 1979. And when beer profit is eroded, pubs suffer. The publican at the Greene King in Marylebone says, "It is not just the smoking ban that is contributing to the closures, it is also how cheaply beer is sold at the supermarkets. It's cheaper to buy a can of beer than it is to buy a bottle of water." Herring paints the picture...
...York experience is any indication, the smoking ban will hurt most in the first year, but new customers will emerge to take advantage of the benefits of a smoke-free environment. And while many pubs are closing, there are also new ones opening. The new tenants of the Greene King are bullish: "We wouldn't enter the market unless we thought we could survive." And there are still plenty of Britons who'll drink to that...
...fools their silks, and knaves their wine - A man's a man for a' that. For a' that, an a' that. Their tinsel show, an a' that, The honest man, tho e'er sae poor, Is king o men for a' that...
...dressed the King. As Elvis Presley's costumer in the late '60s and '70s, Bill Belew conceived the trademark belts and jumpsuits in which Elvis made his comeback. With names like Burning Love and the Peacock Suit, the ornate, tall-collared, bell-bottomed pieces?made after Elvis asked for a loose stage garment similar to the one he wore for karate?inspired similar ensembles for such acts as the Jackson Five and the Osmonds. Belew...
...know is that this guy had a dream. We don't know what that dream was.' HENRY LOUIS TAYLOR JR., University of Buffalo professor, on how Americans have lost sight of Martin Luther King Jr.'s message...